anyone heard about this irma's compilation : chill out cafe, vol. uno, duo,
tre.....
which one better?
thx
-----Original Message-----
From: B. Allison [mailto:wuchip@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 9:01 AM
To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
Subject: Re: Keys (was In My CD Changer)
--- Ed Rahn <ed@ItsYourDomain.Com> wrote:
>
> On 13 Aug 2001, Mike Rosales wrote:
>
> > > Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor (J Records)
>
> I saw Fallin' on MTV2 one night, and besides some of
> her higher notes and
> scretching it's quite a good song. How is the rest
> of the album?
>
I have mixed emotions about this album, which i
bought about a month ago. it seems ambitious and i'm
really impressed with the composing that keys does --
playing both the piano and violin at times. on the
other hand, songwriting suffers a bit, imho. someone
at work said they thought she was the new whitney
houston. me, i think keys' vocal range is kinda
limited. i was hoping for an album that tapped into
the same organic vein as jill scott or badu. but this
is a little poppy for sure. with all that said, there
are some good cuts -- namely, fallin, rock wit you
(which features issac hayes and his orchestra), the
life (which brings in a great caribbean feel).
overall, i think it's one of those half-half discs
that you find yourself flipping around on.
-B-
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